Improvement in ruffles



rutile is made,

- composed ot' a single piece of cloth doubled the plaits and frills-then' double it by turning b'oth edges inward .and folding them down,

,each other, as shown at d,'the folds a. a being lUNTTED STATES EMMA 0.VVOOSTER,

PATENT `Fries..

oF Nnw'ronK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUFFLES.l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L10,87 7, datedDecember 8, 1,863.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, EMMA C. Woos'rnn, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have iuveuteda new and Improved Ruille and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanyingdraw-- ings, forming part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure 1 is a face view of a piece ot'theruffle. Fig. 2 is a back or under side view ofthe snne. Fig. 3 is atransverse section'ot' the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of thestrip of muslin or other material of which-the representing it asprepared for nt'ing. Fig. 5'is a back view of the `guide by which thestrip'is prepared tbrllnting.; Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are transverse sectionsof the guide y in the lines y, and -z of Fig. 5.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate correspoudingparts in the severalfigures.

Thisinvention consists in a two-ply ruftle by turning inward and foldingboth ot' its edges, having the two edges secured by two lines otl sewingor stitching, runuing'lengthwise o ,t' the piece, with two frills whichextend outward from the'said lines oil stitching and with a seriesot'ilattened plaits between them, the stitching serving the purpose ofconfining as well as theedgesof the piece.

To enable, others skilled in .the art to make my rutile, I willproceedto describe its manufacture with reference to the drawings.

l tirst takeastrip ot muslin or other fabric of double the intendedwidth of the rutile, and

y as shown in Fig. 4, in such lines as to maire the two edges meet at agreater or less distaneei'rom the two edges ofthe strip, according asthe two frills b bare desired to be the same or of dilerent. Widths, the.meeting 'of the edges being intended to come in .theeenter ot theilattened or bandlike portion c ofthe rutile between lthe two `and thesides ot' frills. The strip, having beenthus folded, is

tinted or crimped transversely and aportion of its width flattened, asshown at c, and it is l then stitched or sewed longitudinally in the twolines'e e within the said attened portion and on opposite sides of thelined, in which the edges meet. The' rutile made in this way requires'nohemming when made from a rawe'dged strip, as the raw edges are securedby the same two seams' or lines ot' sewing ve c, which secure the frillsand the plaits ofthe ilattened or band-like portion e of the rutile,andthe frills are composed ot' two thicknesses of fabric. 1

This rutile may be formed in various. ways, but I propose to make it bythe machine which constitutes the subjectlmatter of Letters APatent No.39,328, granted to me on the 21st dayl ot' July, 1863, merelysubstituting for the common st1aightguide descrihed'in the speciicationof those Eetters Patent a foldingguide, G, such' as is represented -inFigs. 5, 6,17, and 8 ofthe accompanyingdrawings. ,The entrance to 'thisguide, which is at the lett-hand end of Fig. 1, is made in the form offlat tube of a width equal to double the intended width of the ruffle,in order'that the strip of which the rutile is to be composed may enterit without previous folding. At a short distance from the mouth theunder side ot' the tube is open, i

having oniy a narrow rim,ff, on each side, the lguide are graduallyturned till it assumes at or nevar the 'righthand end, which is close,or nearly so, to the lluting-rollers, the form shown in Fig. S. The

strip, in being` drawn through this guide, hy

and toward the ilutingrollers, is foldedin the manner shown in Fig. 3,and in this condition delivered between the rollers to be tinted andflattened. Atl er the rui'tie has come from the ru't'tling or ilutingmachinejt--is taken to a sewing-machine and sewed or stitched in thevtwo lines ce. This machine should preferably be a double ones-that is tosay, should have two pertoratingineedles and the necessary appliancesfor producing both lines of stitching or sewing at once.

What; I claim as my inventiomand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The two-ply rutile herein described,` composed ot' a single piece ot'cloth, folded, tinted, or crimped, .and scwed or stitched, substantiallyas herein specified. y l

EMMA C. WOOSTER. Witnesses:

irnos. s. J. Dominas, GEO.' W.

